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News and Announcements
Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Dr. Shelley Alexander of the Department of Geography joins an esteemed group of distinguished Canadians
UCalgary entrepreneurs help push boundaries of remote sensing
Master's student flies drone beyond visual line-of-sight to map hundreds of kilometres of seismic lines
Parex Fellows work to translate research into societal impact
Five new fellows focus on transportation, machine learning, community accessibility, lithium capture and Canadian history
Institutes for Transdisciplinary Scholarship appoints 16 academic co-leads
New appointments will support expanding transdisciplinary scholarship at UCalgary
Class of 2024: Arts student turns passion for food and city exploration into business
Joanna Pariseau’s mandate of making every project matter helped her launch Taste the City
UCalgary graduate students transform complex research into compelling stories
The national Storytellers Challenge named two UCalgary graduate students as top 20 finalists with one securing a spot among the distinguished final five winners
In the Media
In the News Byron Miller, Geography, in The Tyee
When Public Pools Close, Who Loses Out?
In the News Eliot Tretter, Geography, in CBC News Calgary
Another Calgary community turns to restrictive covenants with blanket rezoning in effect
In the News Trevor Tombe, Economics, in CBC.CA News
Could the Ardley dam proposal, studied for nearly a century, actually get built?
In the News Tricia Stadnyk, Geography, in CTV News
'Not that simple': Trump drags Canadian river into California's water problems
In the News Andrea Freeman, Geography, in Hamilton Spectator
A site near Prince Albert has uncovered almost 10,000 years of history
In the News Tricia Stadnyk, Geography, in CBC News
Much of Alberta overcame long-term severe drought — but the roller-coaster isn't over yet
Doing the right thing: from Socrates to Cicero and beyond
Explore the timeless question of what it means to "do the right thing" with Dr. Brad Inwood, a distinguished scholar from Yale University.
Nov. 29, 3 p.m.
Social Science 1253
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